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938 WI/E/VTULE Patented-Nov. 24, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE METHODAND MACHINE FOR ATTACHING SOLES T SHOES Erastus E. Winkley, Lynn, Mass,assignor to United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Paterson, N. J., acorporation of New Jersey Application December 6, 1933, Serial No.701,174

- 19s (or. 12-33) Objects of the invention are to provide in a cementsole attaching machine improved means for receiving and supporting shoesand soles and for introducing them to the operating instrumentalities ofthe machine, to provide improved l0 mechanism for positioning an outsolein proper transverse relation to the bottom of av shoe in accordancewith the width of the shoe before pressure is applied thereto, and toprovide improved means for locating the sole longitudilfi nally of theshoe and for positioning the toe end of the sole forwardly of the tipline relatively to the corresponding portion of the shoe bottom. Furtherobjects of the invention are to provide improved pressure applying meanswhereby a predetermined pressure can be applied to central portions ofthe forepart and heel portions of a shoe and sole and substantiallygreater pressure can thereafter be applied to their marginal and shankportions, and to provide a novel method and improved means for applyingprasure to the marginal and shank portions of the shoe and soleprogressively from the toe to the heel end of the shoe.

In the illustratedconstruction the sole-re- 0 ceiving and introducingmeans comprises a pair of gripping members which have also a sole gagingfunction and which are arranged to engage a sole at its forepart andheel portion and to move it into a predetermined heightwise po- I sitionbetween the shoe bottom and the pressureapplying means. The grippersswing about an axis which is located below the pressure-applying meansand, when'the machine is at rest, the grippers are inclined outwardlytoward an operator so that the sole can be conveniently presentedthereto. The shoe engaging and supporting means, as illustrated herein,comprises a member having abutments thereon for engaging a shoe andholding it with its side toward the operator, this member being arrangedto be gaging the shoe and sole. the shoe gages being arranged to bebrought 'yieldingly against opposite sides of the shoe at the forepartand heel portion to measure or caliper the width of the shoe at suchportions. The sole gages, which are similar to the shoe gages, cooperatewithihe' 5 sole-gripping members and are arranged to engage the inneredge of the sole at/the forepart and heel portion substantially oppositethe gripping members. The sole gages and grippers are then centralizedrelatively to the shoe gages by 10 mechanismoperating independently ofthe means for swinging the grippers into operative position, therebyshifting the sole laterally of the shoe until the former is located inproper transverserelation to the shoe bottom .in accordance 5 with thewidth of the shoe which has previously been determined by the shoegages. The solepositioning mechanism is adapted to operate either uponflat soles, molded soles or upon soles which have been shaped to conformto the lon- 2o gitudinal contour of the shoe bottom, for example, by themethod and apparatus disclosed in United States Letters Patent No.1,772,038, granted August 5, 1930, upon the application of H. A.Davenport and N. F, Hopkins and further 25 disclosed in Letters Patentof the United States No. 1,939,750, granted Dec. 19, 1933, upon anapplication filed in my name.

In orderto locate the sole longitudinally of the shoe before the sole ismoved into pressure- 30 receiving position, separate'mechanism is,provided which, as herein illustrated, is positioned by the shoe and isarranged to be moved into and out of operative position in apredetermined path extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of 35 theshoe. An abutment is provided which is adapted to engage the toe end ofthe shoe and thereby to locate the mechanism in such a position that asecond abutment thereon can be utilized for determining the/position ofthe sole longitudinally of the shoe. This mechanism is also providedwith *"gages or fingers constructed and arraged to engage the shoe andsole at points corresponding approximately to the tip -line of the shoetoposition the portion of the 5 sole forwardly of the tip line laterallyof the shoe bottom, the construction of the mechanism being such thatengagement of the shoe-engaging fingers with the shoe controls thesubsequent positioning movement of the sole-engaging 50 fingers. Inaccordance with a feature of the invention, the fingers which engage thesides of the shoe and sole nearest the operator are arranged to berotated with the sole-gripping members about a common axis'so that theabutment associated with the sole-engaging fingers will be in a positionto determine the location of the sole longitudinally of the shoe as thesole is presented to the gripping members.

The pressure-applying means of the illustrated construction comprises aninflatable pad mounted on a sectional supporting member and adapted toapply pressure to the sole and shoe. The inner or central portion of thepad is considerably thicker' than the surrounding portions thereof andconsequently is relatively solid, this portion being constructed andarranged to apply a limited pressure to the central portions of the shoeand sole. The marginal portions of the illustrated pad are provided witha plurality of separate chambers or compartments which may be inflatedby fluid under pressure. An inflat able compartment also extends underthat section of the pad which underlies the shank portion of the shoeand these compartments, when inflated, displace the marginal and shankportions of the pad sufliciently to apply substantial pressure tocorresponding portions of the sole and shoe, this action taking placeafter pressure has first been applied to the central portions of theshoe and sole by relative movement of the pad and the shoe and sole.Preferably, and as illustrated, the shoe and the central portion of thepad are moved relatively to each other to grip the sole with a forcesufllcient to maintain it in position while the sole gripping membersare withdrawn therefrom, fluid-pressure-operated means being provided toeflect this relative movement. The pressure exerted by thefluid-pressure-operated means may be regulated and controlled as desiredby pressure regulating means to insure that the sole will be grippedfirmly between the shoe and the pad and also to determine the amount ofpressure which will subsequently be applied to the central portions ofthe shoe and sole. Further relativemovement of the shoe and pad operatesto return the central portion of the pad substantially to its originalposition and to apply limited sole attaching pressure to centralportions of the forepart and heel portions of the shoe and sole.

In applying sole attaching pressure to the marginal and shank portionsor the shoe and sole, novel means comprising a slide valve and pressureregulating means are provided for automatically inflating thecompartments of the pad independently of each other commencing with themarginal compartment in the forepart of the pad and then successivelyinflating the shank compartment and marginal compartment at the heelportion of the pad. The pressure at the marginal and shank portions ofthe sole is thus applied progressively from the toe to the heel endtoeach other lengthwise of the shoe bottom during the pressure-applyingoperation and thereby displace the sole relatively to the shoe bottom asmight be the case it pressure were applied to the shank portion of thesole simultaneously with, or after, the application of pressure to itsforepart and heel portions. The pressure regulating or controlling meansfor each compartment permits the pressure at different portions of thesole to be applied in different amounts depending, for example, on thetype of shoe being operated upon or upon the manner in which it isdesired to have a particular sole conform to the shoe bottom.

In its method aspects the invention consists aoereoo broadly in cementattaching soles to shoes by first applying a predetermined pressure tocentral portions of a sole, in order to level the sole against the shoebottom without producing irregularities in the outer surface of thesole, and thereafter applying a substantially greater pressureprogressively to the marginal and shank portions of the sole to secure afirm attachment of the sole to the shoe bottom. In accordance with animportant aspect of the method the pressure at the marginal and shankportions of the sole may be regulated so that the force exerted oneither the forepart, shank or heel portion of the sole' may be creued orreduced relatively to the pressure at the other portions or, if desired,the pressure applied to all of these portions may be equalized. Theapplication of pressure progressively and in diiferent amounts todifferent portions of the shoe bottom will not only eliminate anyundesirable relative movement oi the sole and shoe during the pressingoperation but will also insure that the sole is pressed firmly againstthe shoe bottom at those portions where pressure is most needed. forexample, at the shank and marginal portions of the sole.

The above and other objects and features of the invention, includingnovel means for maintaining the shoe in pressure-receiving positionwhile it is being moved relatively to the pad, means for effectingheightwise and lengthwise adjustments of the diflerent gages andpositioning devices, and means for simultaneously eflectingcorresponding adjustments of the sectional pad support, as well as othernovel details of construction and combinations of parts, will now bemore particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawingsand will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of the right-hand sideof the machine embodying the present invention, part of the mechanismbeing shown in an operated position;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the portion of the machine shown in Fig. lwith parts of the machine broken away and in section;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view taken on the line IlI--DI of Fig. 1 showingthe pad support, jack, and a portion of the sole-supporting mechanism,the parts being shown in their initial positions;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the forepart gaging and positioningmechanism showing a sole before it has been located relatively to theshoe;

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the lower end of the outer heel gage leverand its supporting means;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken. on the line VI-VI of Fig. 2 showingthe inner gages in front elevation and illustrating in more detail themanner in which the plate for supporting the inner heel gage is mounted;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a portion of the mechanism which operates theshoe gages and the sole locating means;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view, looking from the right in Fig. 1, of the toepositioning mechanism and its supporting means, the mechanism beingshown in its initial position;

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the toe positioning mechanism and its actuatingmeans;

Fig. 10 is a plan view of the shoe gages and the sole engaging meanscontacting with a shoe and sole;

Fig. 11 is a detail view in side elevation of th mechanism for movingthe toe gages longitudinaliy oi the shoe;

Fig. 12 is a sectional view of the pad and its support with a shoe andsole mounted thereon, the view illustrating the valve mechanism whichsupplies fluid imder pressure to the pad and sup- Fig. 13 is a sideelevation of' the fluid pressure supply valve and its actuatingmechanism;

Fig. 14 is a plan view of the pressure applying P Figs. 15, 1s and 1':are sectional views of the pad taken respectively through its toe, shankand heel portions on the section lines XV-XV,

- XVI-XVI, and xvn-,-xvn;

Fig. 18 is a view similar to'Fig. 12 but on a reduced scale showing theshoe under full pressure;

vices of the rack.

19 is a view of the pressing device or rack in which the shoes aremounted to receive lighter pressure while the cement is setting; and

Fig. 20 is a detail view in side elevation of a shoeunderpressure in oneof the pressing de- The illustrated machine for cement attachin soles toshoe bottoms is a duplex machine having two substantially duplicate setsof mechanism, the mechanism at the right-hand side of the machine beingreversed relatively to that at the left so that the former 'will beoperating on a right shoe while the mechanism at the left is releasing aleft shoe and receiving another. Since these mechanisms operate insubstantially the same manner it will not be necessary to illustrateboth for a complete understanding of the invention. Accordingly. onlythe mechanism at the right-hand side of the machine has been shown inthe drawings.

A shoe whichis to have its sole attached by cement is first prepared byroughening the overlasted portion of the upper and coating it withcement. The shoe is then presented to the machine together with anoutsole the marginal portion of the attaching face of which has alsobeen roughened and coated with cement. Preferably, the outsole is shapedto conform substantially to the longitudinal contour of the shoe bottomalthough conforming the outsole to the shoe bottom is not essentialsince the' machine is adapted to operate upon either flat or conformedsoles. A method and apparatus by which soles maybe conformed to thelongitudinal contour of the shoe bottom, upon which soles the presentmachine is designed to operate, are disclosed in the DavenportandHopkins patent and in Patent No. 1,939,750 referred to above. Themachine operates to position the shoe and sole rela-.

' tively-to each other and to apply pressure suiii-.

cient to attach thesole either temporarily or V permanently to the shoebottom depending on 1 use today, for example, rubber'cement. thesolethenature of the cement used in attaching the soleto the shoe. Ifthe cement is of a quick drying type, such as are many of the cements inwill be permanently attached to the shoe bottom by maintaining thepressure of the machine for about 15 or 20 seconds which is the speed atwhich the machine normally operates. with such cements, therefore, themachine can be operated at full capacity while attaching solespermanently to shoe bottoms. When a cement is used suclras pyroxylincement, which requires a considerablylonger period in which to set, the

machine is adapted to applv the'usual pressure of between 60 and poundsto the square inch or a short period of time, as indicated above, inorder to stick the sole temporarily to'the'shoe bottom. The-shoe is thenremoved and placed in a pressing device similar to a shoe rack andconstructed and, arranged to apply lighter pressure to the sole and shoewhile the pyroxylin cement'is setting. This aspect of the invention willbe explained in more detail after the machine has been described and themethod of attaching soles to shoes permanently with a quick dryingrubber cement has been fully explained.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, the machine comprises a frame having verticalrear and side walls I. (only one of the latter being shown in Fig. 1)and an upper portion [2 in the form of a relatively narrow shelf whichconnects the side walls and carries at the right-hand side of themachine a pair of upwardly extending brackets ll and I6. In the upperends of the brackets ll and I6 (Fig. 2) is mounted a horizontal shaftIII which extends widthwise of the machine .and is secured in thebracket M by a taper pin i5. Fu1-. crumed on the fixed shaft 3 is alever 20 one arm of which extends rearwardly and is pivotally connectedto a yoke piece 22 threaded on the upper end of-a vertical rod 24. Thelower end of the rod 24 (Fig. 4) is pivotally connected to a lug 25 extending upwardly 'from the outer' extremity of a lever 26 fulcrumed ona fixed shaft '28 which is mounted in the lower portion of the frameIll. The lever 26 carries a roll 30 which rides on the periphery of acam 32-keyed to a cam shaft 34 journaled in bearings formed on theopposite side walls of the frame, the roll 30 being held against the camby means of a spring 35, one end of which is connected to the lever 25and the other end to a horizontal rod 31 mounted in the frame. The camshaft 3| is rotated by means of a pulley (not shown) driven by a beltfrom any usual source of power or the pulley may, if desired, be motordriven. A one-revolution clutch similar, for example, to that disclosedin United States Letters Patent No. 1,549,243, granted August 11, 1925,upon an earlier application of mine may be utilized for operating themachine, although other types of clutches may be used ifv preferred, theinvention not being limited to the particular clutch referred to.

The clutch is also provided withlany usual or conventional means bywhich it is automatically thrown out of driving operation after a partof the cycle has been completed, the 'operator tripping the clutch againto complete the cycle .of the machine.

The'lever 20 referred to above :has a forwardly extending arm which isprovided at its outer end with a circular lug 36 (Figs. 2 and 3) whichprojects laterally from the side of the lever and is' arranged to engagethe flat side of a semi-cylindrical mg 39 formed on a projection llextending rearwardly from an elongated huh portion" l2 (Figs.- 1 and 2).of a downwardly projecting arm II. The hub portion 421s rotatablymounted on r a rock shaft ll journaled in.bearings formed in-a pair offorwardly extending arms 4, 48 (Kg. 1) of a yoked lever 5| (Fig. 2)which is fulcrumed on the fixed shaft it. The lug 3G is held in contactwith'the semi-cylindrical lug ll by means of a torsion spring 5| whichencircles the hub of the lever 29 and'hason'e end curvedto engage thelug 3i and the other end-engaging the lug 38, thus normally holding theadjacent surfaces of the lugs together. This-arrangement providesayielding connection between the cam-operated lever 2| andthearmllsothatthe latterwillbe rotated about the shaft 'ina coimter-clockwise Y5direction, as viewed in Fig. 2, by clockwisemovement-of the lever 20,reverse movement of the arm being effected by counter-clockwise movementof .the lever 20. When the hub 42 is rotated in a counter-clockwisedirection the arm 40 is arranged to contact with a fixed abutment 53formed on the frame in order to limit the rotation of the'hub 42 and therock shaft 44, which turns with the hub as will be hereinafterexplained. The arrangement is such that the arm 40 will always contactwith the abutment 53 before the forward end of the lever 28 is rotatedby the cam 32 into its highest position, the yieldable connectionbetween the lever and the arm permitting the lever to continue itsrotation for the full throw of the cam after the arm 48 has contactedwith the fixed abutment 53.

The rock shaft has rightand left-hand screw threads formed therein(Fig. 1) which extend in opposite directions from the central portion ofthe shaft to its bearings in the arms 46, 48, the bearings being splitto facilitate assembling the parts and being held together by clampingscrews 49. The elongated hub 42 of the arm 48 occupies the entire spacebetween the bearings 48 and 48 and has a substantially cylindricalopening or recess 52 formed therein-which terminates a short distancefrom the left-hand end of the hub and, at the under side of the hub,forms a T-shaped slot 54 (Figs. 1 and 2) which extends across the fullwidth of the hub.

Mounted on the rightand left-hand threaded portions of the rock shaft 44are lastand shoeengaging members 58, 58 which furnish means for engagingand holding a shoe in a substantially upright position during theoperation of the machine, this mechanism being hereinafter referred toas the shoe-jacking mechanism or the jac The members 58 and 58 extenddownwardly from the shaft 44 and are provided with T-shaped'portionswhich enter the slot 54 and'maintain the members in predeterminedpositions relatively to the hub 42 and also cause the shaft 44 to rockwhen the hub is rotated. The member 58 carries a downwardly extendingarm 51 which is forked at its lower end and has pivotaily securedthereto a last pin holder 68 having a convex face from which projectsdownwardly alast pin 8| adapted to enter the hole in the cone of a shoelast. The holder 60 fulcrums'about a pivot pin 83 extending through theforked end of the arm 51 and encircling the pin is a torsion spring 82*which tends normally'to urge the last pin ii toward the left, as viewedin Fig. 1.

The shoe-engaging member 58 is also provided with a downwardly extendingarm 58 the lower end of which carries a substantially horizontal plate84 which acts as a shoe rest adapted 'to engage 'the forepart of a shoe.The under side of the plate is shaped to conform substantially to thetransverse curvature of the forepart of a shoe' and is 'covered withfelt orleather to prevent scarring the shoe upper. the rock shaft 44, asviewed in Fig. .1, is reduced in diameter and has secured thereto a handwheel 88 by which the shaft can be rotated manually to adjust theshoe-eng in members 58, 58 toward or away from-each other along thethreaded portions of the shaft and thus position the shoeengagingmembers in accordance with the size of shoe being operated upon. Injacking a shoe A (Fig. 1 the last pin 8| is inserted inthe hole in thecone of the last L and the toe end of the shoe is pressed downwardlyuntiLit'can be moved under the toe rest 84. The operator then re- Theright-hand end of downwardly and enters a vertical opening in a castingI4, the lower end of the stud having a head which fits an enlargedportion of the opening and thus prevents the stud from being pulledupwardly out of the casting. A compression spring I6 is interposedbetween the casting and the yoke to provide a yield between the lever 50and the casting the purpose of which will be hereinafter explained. Thecentral portion of the casting I4, as shown in Fig. 2, is hollow and itslower portion I5 is cylindrical in shape and is provided with a verticalbore to receive the upper end of a relatively large shaft I8 whichextends into the hollow portion and is held therein by a collar 80 sothat the casting "forms the means of connecting the lever 58 to thevertical shaft 18. At'its lower end the shaft I8 is adjustably connectedby means of a yoke piece 82 to the outer end of a'lever 84 fulcrumed onthe fixed shaft 28 (Fig. 4). The lever 84 carries a roll 86 which rideson the periphery of a cam 88 keyed to the cam shaft 34, the roll beingheld against the cam by a tension spring 90 extending between the lever84 and the fixed rod 31. A heavy compression spring 94 (Fig. 2)encircles the intermediate sure applying operations late'rto bedescribed.

Whenthe shoe is jacked the jacking mechanism is positioned as shown inFig. 3 with the arm 40 and the shoe engaging members 58 and "extendingforwardly at an angle of about 45. After the operator has jacked theshoe and has tripped the clutch, the cam 32"(Fig. 4) is rotated in aclockwise direction to lower the roll 38 (which is then on the high partof thecam) and to cause the rod 24 to descend and swing the forward armof the lever 28 upwardly to the position shown in Fig. 2. The hub 42isthereuponrotated about the shaft 44 in an opposite direction until thearm 48 contacts with the fixed abutment I3, thereby locating the lastand shoe in a substan-, tially upright position, as shown in Fig. 2.After the arm 48 contacts with the abutment 58 the spring M will yieldas explained above to permit the lever 28 to continue its rotation untilthe roll 88 is ridingon the low partof the cam 82.

The mechanism for introducing the sole -be'- tween the pressing meansand the shoe bottom and for supporting it in such position beforepressure is appliedto the shoe and sole will now be described. Thismechanism comprises a pair of upwardlyextending arms or levers 88 andJill- (Flg. 1) mounted for swinging movement about on 'the opposite sidewalls of the frame II). In

4 their initial positions the swinging levers 88, I88

are inclined outwardly at an angle of about 45 and when operating areswung into a substantially vertical position by a cam I84 mounted on thecam shaft 84 (Fig. 2). 4 Fig. 3 shows the position of theupper end ofthe-lever 88 relatively 7 I member I08 (Fig. 4).

to the shoe-jacking mechanism when the parts are in their initial orinoperative positions.

The lever 98 is arranged to operate on the heel portion of the sh'oe andaccordingly is somewhat longer than the lever I which is arranged tooperateon the forepart and is located approximately at the ball line ofthe shoe. Projecting inwardly a short distance from the upper end of thelever 98 (Fig. 2) is a boss I which is bored horizontally, and slidablymounted in this boss is a sole gripping member I06. Near the upper endof the lever I00 is a similar boss I0'I which carries anothersole-gripping Each of these gripping members comprises a cylindricalshankportio having at its inner end a raised projection (see Figs. 2 and4) which has extending inwardly from its under side a horizontal lip orfinger arranged to engage and support the under side of the outsole.Leaf springs III, II3 secured respectively by screws to the uppersurfaces of the raised portions of the members I06, I00, extend inwardlyover the fingers to form two pairs'of gripper members between which theedge of the sole may be readily inserted. The leaf springs, are strongenough to press the edge of sin outsole B firmly against the supportingfingers, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the outsole will be maintained in asubstantially horizontal position after the levers 98, I00 have beenswung into operativepositions. The shank portions of the grippingmembers I06, I08 extend through the bosses and the levers 98 and I00and, near their outer ends, are provided respectively with laterallyproject ing pins H0, H2.

The lever 98, which is opposite the heel portion of the shoe, isarranged to be rotated into and out of operative position about theshaft I02 by means of an elongated plate II4 (Fig. 5) upon which thelever is slidably mounted by a pair of horizontal pins H6, H8 fastenedin the lever 98 and extending through vertical slots I20, I22 in'theplate. Projecting from the inner edge of the plate H4 is a spool-shapedlug I24 provided with a hole through which the shaft I02 passes. Thisarrangement permits the lever 98 to rotate about the shaft. I02 and yetpermits vertical adjustment of the lever relatively to the shaft byreason of the vertical slots in the plate H4. A horizontal pin I26projects laterally from the upper end of the plate I I4 and enters ahole in the lever I00 (Fig. 1) thereby connecting the two levers in sucha manner that rotation of the lever 98 about the shaft I02 will effect acorresponding rotation of the lever I00 which is mounted directly on theshaft I02, as shown in Fig. 4.

In order to rotate the-levers 98 and I 00 into and out of operativeposition about the shaft I 02 there is formed in the side of the lever98 a recess I28 (Fig.1) which is arranged to receive a rounded endformed on an upper arm of a bell crank lever I30. The bell crank leverI30 is pivotally mounted on a horizontal. pin I29 carried in the outerend of a laterally extending arm I3I of another lever I32 rotatablymounted on the shaft I02. The lever I32 has a rearwardly extending armI34 (Fig. 2) which is arranged to engage a lug I36 projecting from theframe and thus to limit rotation of the lever I32 in a clockwisedirection. A lower arm I38 of the bell crank lever I30 carries a rollI40 (Fig. 1) which enters a circumferential slot I42 formed in aspoolshaped collar I44 loosely mounted on the shaft I02, this collaralso having another circumferential slot I43 formed therein, thefunction of which will be explained hereinafter. Pivotally secured tothe arm- I34 (Fig; 2) is a downwardly extending link I46 the lower endof which is connected to a lever I40 fulcrumed on the shaft 28 andcarrying at its outer end a cam roll I50. The roll I50 ridesontheperiphery of the cam I04 previously mentioned and is held against thecam by a heavy tension spring I52, the lower end of which is fastened tothe fixed shaft 31.

"After the outsole B has been introduced between the. fingers of the gpper members I06,

I 08 and" the clutch has been tripped to rotate the jack and $01! into asubstantially vertical "position, the roll I50, which is then on thehigh part-of the cam I04, rides oi the high portion of the cam andpermits the cam lever I48 to descend under the tension or the. springI52, thereby causing the arm I34 to be lowered until it engages thefixed stop I36. Movement of the 'lever I32 about the shaft I02 causesthebell crank lever I30, which is carried by the lever I32 and which hasits upper arm located in the recess I20, to-rotate the lever 98 aboutthe shaft I02 until the lever assumes the/substantially verticalposition shown in Fig. 2. Since the lever I00 is connected to the lever98 by the horizontal pin-I26 aforementioned, the former will be rotatedabout its, axis into a similar position.

In placing the outsole between the fingers of the gripping members I06,I08 it is located longitudinally of the machine by means of a gagecarried by the toe positioning mechanism pre-.

viously referred to. This toe positioning mechanism operates not only toposition the sole longitudinally of the shoe but also to position thetoe end of thesole laterally with respect to the toe end of the shoe. Itis comprised of two different sets of mechanism, one set being locatedat each side of the shoe. The mechanism which engages the inner sides ofthe, shoe and sole (Fig. 8)- is carried by further mechanism which isarranged to remain in a substantially vertical position while themechanism which engages the outer sides of the shoe and sole is arrangedto swing from an outwardly inclined position into a vertical positiontogether with the swinging levers 98 and I00, as will be hereinafterexplained. Before the levers 98 and I00,and the swinging portion of thetoe positioning mechanism, are swung upwardly into a vertical position,however, the positioning mechanism is moved as a unit longitudinally ofthe shoe toward the toe end thereof by power-operated mechanism providedfor this purpose. This longitudinal movement continues until a shoeengaging abutment carried by the inner positioning mechanism comes intoengagement with the toe end of the shoe mounted on the jack, therebylocat- Since the toe positioning mechanism does not' I operate toposition the forepart of the sole with respect to the shoe until aftermeans for calipering or measuring the width of the shoe and forpositioning the shank and heel portions of the sole transversely of theshoe have been operated, a more detailed description 'of this mechanismand its mode'ot operation will be left until after the measuring andpositioning means referred to have been described.

The levers 98 and I each extend upwardly some distance beyond thesole-gripping members I06, I08, and at their upper ends are providedwith bosses which extend inwardly and then upwardly. slidably mounted inthese L-shaped bosses are shoe engaging members or gages I56, I51 theinner surfaces of which are arranged to contact respectively with theouter side of the shoe in the vicinity of the ball line and the heelbreast line, as shown in Fig. l. The mechanism for measuring orcalipering the width of the shoe at the ball line operates practicallythesame as the mechanism for measuring the shoe at the heel breast line.In order, however, to permit certain adjustments to be made in themechanism which operates on the heel portion of the shoe which areunnecessary at the forepart, this mechanism is somewhat different inconstruction from the gage mechanism located at the forepart of theshoe. The gage mechanism at the forepart of the shoe will be describedin detail, therefore, before considering the mechanism locate at theheel portion of the shoe.

The upper boss on the lever I00 (Fig. 4), indi-' cated by the numeralI53, has slidably mounted therein the shank portion I54 of the shoe gageI56 previously mentioned, this gage comprising a vertical plate severalinches in length and having an inner surface arranged to engage theouter side of the shoe A directly above the sole-gripping member I08.The gage I56 has a horizontal guide pin I58 projecting from its upperportion and arranged to slide in a hole formed in the upwardlyprojectingportion of the boss I53 so that the gage will be maintained inan upright position during its sliding movement. The shank portion I54of the gage extends through the boss I53 and carries in its outer end alaterally projecting pin I60 which is engaged by the forked upper endof: a substantially vertical lever I62 fulcrumed on a horizontal pin I64mounted in a boss formed on the forward side of the lever I00. The lowerend of the lever I62 is also forked and engages one end of another pinI66 which extends transversely through a horizontal rod I66. The rod I68is slidably mounted in a lug I projecting forwardly from the lower endof the lever I00 and the inner end of the pin, as shown in Fig. 4, has abearing in the body portion of the lever.

The other end of the transverse pin I66 forms a pivot for a toggle linkI12 which extends upwardly at an angle of about 40 and has its upperportion bent toward the horizontal. The upper end of the toggle link I12is pivotally connected by a pin I14 to a boss which extends downwardlyfrom the lower end of a rectangular member I16, hereinafter referred toas the block". The block I16 is cut out at its central portion and issupported in a substantially vertical position bymeansofatoggleofwhichthelink I12isapart and a third link located abovethe toggle, the toggle links forming the means whereby the block isconnected to the gages which contact with opposite sides of the shoe.The construction and operation of the block will be explained more fullyafter the means for maintaining it in a freely floating verticalposition has been described.

Projecting forwardly from the rear wall which connects the vertical sidewalls of the frame I6, and located opposite the outer shoe gage I66, isa boss I16 similar to the boss I66 on the lever I00. slidably mounted inthis boss is the shank portion I80 of another shoe-engaging member I82consisting of a vertical plate adapted to engage the inner side of theshoe substantially at the ball line and opposite the gage I56. The plateI82 is held in position by means of a horizontal pin I83 extendingthrough a hole in the boss directly above the shank portion I80, thisshank portion extending through an opening in the wall I0 and having arounded outer end. A transverse pin I84, mounted in the rear or outerportion of the shank I80, extends between a fork formed at'the upper endof a substantially vertical lever I86 fulcrumed on a pin I88 mounted ina lug projecting rearwardly from the frame. The lower end of the leverI86 also has a fork which engages a pin I90 mounted transversely in astud or rod I92 which is slidably mounted in a lug I94 projecting fromthe frame, the other end of the rod being supported in an opening in theframe. Pivotally secured to the opposite end of the pin I90 is the lowerend of another toggle link I96 which extends upwardly and forwardly andis connected at its upper end to the pin I'M projecting from the block I16, the links I96 and :12 forming the toggle which supports the blockThe shoe gages I56, I82 are moved inwardly toward the shoe bypower-operated mechanism, including a cam and mechanism connecting thecam with the block I 16, which lowers the block to straighten the toggleand rotate the vertical levers I62 and I86 in opposite directions abouttheir respective fulcrums, thereby forcing the upper ends of theselevers toward the shoe until the side gages contact with the oppositesides 'of the shoe. When one gage contacts with the shoe so thatmovement of the vertical lever associated therewith is arrested, thetoggle link connected to this lever will pivot about the lower end ofthe lever and cause the block I16 to move downwardly in an are ratherthan in a vertical direction as the opposite shoe gage moves inwardlytoward the shoe. It will be clear from the above that, unless both gagescontact simultaneously'with the shoe, the block I 16 will be swungeither to the right or to the left as it is loweredby the power-operatedmechanism to bring both gages against the shoe.

This action will centralize the block I16 relatively to the shoe or, inother words, will position the block laterally in accordance with thewidth of the shoe as measured by the shoe gages.

In order that the sole-positioning mechanism may function properly, itis desirable, as stated above, that the block I16 be maintained in avertical position while the gages are being moved into and out ofengagement with the sides of the shoe. Means is provided, therefore, formoving the upper end of the block with its lower end so that it will bemaintained in a vertical position irrespective of the amount of movementof the vertical levers I62, I66. To this end there is pivotally mountedon a pin I66 (Fig. 4), carried by cars projecting rearwardly from theframe, a bell-crank-lever 266 having an upper arm to which is connecteda downwardly extending link 262. The lower end of the link 202 ispivotally connected to a horizontal arm 204 projecting from the centralportion of the lever I86, the arm 264 being about the same length as theupper arm of the bell-crank-lever 266. The lever 266 has a curved arm206 which extends downwardly for a distance substantially equal to thelength of the lower arm of the vertical lever I86. The arm 206 is forkedat its lower end and engages a pin 208 which is transversely mounted ina rod 2I0 adapted to slide in a lug 2I2 projecting rearwardly from theframe I0, the forward end of the rod bearing in an opening in the frame.

The other end of the transverse pin 208 is.

stantially vertical position regardless of the positions of. the togglelinks I12, I86.

The mechanism for positioning the outsole laterally or widthwise of theshoe bottom at the forepart of the shoe includes the gripping member I08the shank portion of which is provided near. its outer end with thelaterally projecting pin I12. The pin II2 (Fig. 4) is engaged by theforked upper end of a vertical lever 2I8 fulcrumed on a pin 220whichismounted in a lug 222 formed on the lever I00. The lower arm of the lever218 is provided with an elongated vertical slot 224. Pivotally securedto the farther side of the lever 218, by means of a headed screw 226which extends through the slot 224, is another vertical lever 228. Thescrew 226 is adon ablock 238 (Figs. 1 and 4).

justable in the slot 224 so that the ratio of leverage between thelevers 2I8 and 228 may be varied as desired, this variation beingaccomplished by the following construction.

An angle plate 230- is adjustably secured to the lever I00 about midwayof its length by means of a screw 232 passing through a vertical slot234 in the plate 230. One portion of the angle plate overlies theforward side of the lever I00 (the left-hand side as viewed in Fig. 4)and carries a horizontal pin 236 which extends forwardly and has looselymounted there The lever 228 is pivotally secured to the block 238 bymeans of the headed screw 226 which passes through a vertical slot 240(Fig. 1) in the lever 228, the slot 240 being of the same dimensions asthe slot 224 in the lever 218. The lever 228 is fulcrumed at itsupper'end on a cylindrical lug 24I. projecting from a rectangular block242. Threaded horizontally through an upwardly projecting portion of alug 244 (Fig. 4) formed on the lever I00 is a screw 246, the inner endof which is reduced in size and is rotatably secured in an opening inthe block 242. The screw 246 is provided with'a knurled head 248. bywhich it may be turned to change'the position of the fulcrum 241 of thelever 228. The lower end of' the lever 228 is forked to engage a pin 250extending transversely through a rod 252 mounted for sliding movement inthe lever I00 .The purpose of the'mechanism just described -is'tofurnish means for adjusting the sole-gripping member I08 when operatingon different styles of shoes. Insome types 'of shoes the positions ofthe edges of the outsole widthwise-relatively to the widest parts-0f theshoe varies- {somewha't due to the fullness of the=lasts required insuch shoes. Because of this, the gripping member I 08 may have to travela greater or a less distance relatively to the lower end of the lever228, in order to introduce the outsole in a proper position with respectto the opposite edges of the shoe bottom. When operating on a shoemounted on a last having a full inner portion, for example, the operatorwill loosen the screw 226 and move the angle piece 230 into a differentvertical position, as determined by the shape of the last upon which theshoe is mounted. In making this adjustment he has changed the ratio ofleverage between the upper and lower arms of the lever 2I8. Conse-'quently, when the sole-positioning mechanism is operated in -a mannertobe later described, and

sliding movement is .imparted to the rod 252 to cause the lever 228 torotate about its pivot 2, the screw 226, being now located a differentdistance from the fulcrum 220 of the lever 218 so that the length of thelower arm of this lever is changed, will cause the upper end of thelever 2I8 to be moved a greater or a less distance by a given amount ofswinging movement of the lever 228, thereby causing the sole-grippingmember I08 to be moved inwardly a proper amount for the style of lastbeing utilized. If it is desiredstill further to vary the relationbetween the levers 2I8. 228, the fulcrum 24I may be moved to a.different position by adjusting the block 242 through the screw 246.

It will be apparent from Fig. 4 that the solegripping member I08constitutes a part of the positioning mechanism which locates theforeport of the sole relatively to the shoe bottom. The inner member ofthe sole-positioning mechanism comprises an abutment or gage 256slidably mounted opposite the gripp member I08 in a lug 262 formed onthe frame I 0, the gage 256 being adapted to cooperate with the grippingmember to position the forepart of the sole relatively to the'shoebottom. The gage 256 has a shank portion 260 mounted for slidingmovement in the lug 262 and the forward end of the gage projectsupwardly and has a vertical surface adapted to engage the inner edge ofthe sole opposite the gripping member I08. The opposite endof the shank260 carries a horizontal pm 264 projecting laterally therefrom andextending between the forked upper end of a vertical lever 266 which issubstantially the same length as the vtotal length of the interconnectedlevers 218 and 228 which actuate the member I08.- The lever 266 isfulcrumed on a pin 268 extending through ears on a lug 210 whichprojects rearwardly from the frame.

The lower end of the lever 266 is forked to 'engage one end of anotherhorizontal pin 21'2 is pivotally connected at its upper end to another280 is pivotally connectedat'its lower end to the transversepin 250,aforementioned, mounted in the slide rodj252. I

Asviewed in Fig. 4 the toggle links 218, 280 are located rearwardly ofthe rectangular block I16.

The connecting pin 282 projects laterally from the links 218,280 andcarries a roll 284. The-rear side of the block I16 is provided with'avertical T-shaped slot forming a guideway 286 which extends centrally ofthe block and in this guideway is mounted for reciprocating movement aslide member 288. The slide member also has a vertical slot 288 formedtherein which is located centrally of the slide member and of the blockI13, and the roll 284 extends into this vertical slot. The lower portionof the slot 298 is considerably wider than the roll so that the latteris free to move laterally or widthwise thereof. The sides of the slotconverge toward the upper portion of the slide so that if the roll 284is not located centrally thereof as the slide 288 is moved downwardly,the roll will engage one or the other of these converging side walls andwill be forced over until its axis coincides with the vertical centerline of the slide member. When the roll is in this latter position itsaxis will also coincide with the vertical center line of the block I18,

since the slide 288 is located centrally of the block. In this way thetoggle links 218, 288, which are connected respectively to the levers268 and 228, and which, through these connections, control the positionsof the sole-engaging members I88, 256, are thus centralized relativelyto the block I16 and to the shoe gages I56, I82. After the shoe gagesI56, I82 have been brought into engagement with the sides of the shoe,the toggle links I12, I88, the parallel link 2I4, and the block I18 willall be located in a predetermined position laterally of the shoe bottomwhich position is determined by the width of the forepart of the shoe.When the sole-positioning mechanism is operated, therefore, to locatethe sole transversely or widthwise of the shoe bottom,

the sole-engaging members I88 and 253 will be moved, through theoperation of the slide 288, in such a manner as to position the forepartof the sole in a predetermined transverse position in accordance withthe width of the shoe so that the periphery of the sole will extend thedesired distance beyond the edge of the shoe bottom at each side of theshoe.

As stated, the gages for measuring or calipering the width of the shoeat the heel portion are operated in substantially the same manner as thegages for measuring the forepart of the shoe. The sole-gripping memberI88 (Fig. 2) and the inner gage cooperating therewith are likewiseoperated similarly to the members I83 and 233 which contact with theforepart of the sole. The two sets of gages at the heel portions of theshoe and sole, however, are carried respectively by movable memberslocated at each side of the shoe.

As already pointed out, the swinging lever 38 at the outer side of theshoe is rotatably mounted on the shaft I82 in -such a manner that it canbe adjusted heightwise of the shoe. this adjustment being provided topermit the gages to operate upon shoes having high heels and deeplyarched shank portions as well as upon shoes having bottoms which arerelatively flat from toeto heel. The shoe gage I31 (Fig. 2) has a shankportion 232 and mounted in the outer end of this portion is a laterallyprojecting pin 234. The pin 234 is engaged by the fork'ed upper end of,a vertical-lever 233 pivoted on a pin 233 carried by a boss projectingfrom the lever 33. The lower end of the lever 233 is also forked toengage another pin 333 transversely mounted in a horizontal rod 332which slides in an outwardly projecting lug 334 formed on thelower'portion of the lever 33 and is guided at its inner end in the bodyportion of the lever. The opposite end of the transverse pin 333 formsthe pivot for an inwardly and upwardly extending toggle link333 which atits upper end is pivoted at 381 to the lower end of a substantiallyvertical rectangular block 388 similar in construction and operation tothe block I13 of the forepart positioning mechanism. Extendingdownwardly at an angle from the pivot 381 on the block 388 is anotherlink 3I8 which is pivotally connected at its lower end to a horizontalrod 3 by a pin 3I2 transversely mounted in the rod. The rod 3I4 isslidably mounted in a lug 3I3 projecting rearwardly from the lower endof an elongated vertical plate 3I8 (Fig. 6) 'which is located in a largeopening 3I8 formed in the rear wall of the frame I8. The plate 3I8 iscarried by a slide member 328 (Figs. 2 and 6) and is arranged forhorizontal adjustment along the slide member on a tongue 322 which fitsa horizontal groove 323 formed on the rear side of the slide member 328.The slide member 328 is secured to a forwardly projecting yoked portion32I of the frame by screws 325 located in vertical slots formed in suchportion, thus allowing the slide member to be adjusted vertically bymeans of another tongue and groove arrangement which will be more fullyexplained hereinafter.

The transverse pin 3I2 in the horizontal rod 3I4 (Fig. 2) is engaged bythe forked lower end of a vertical lever 324 pivoted on a pin 326 in 9.lug projecting from the rear side of the vertical plate 3| 8. The upperend of the lever 324 is forked to engage a horizontal pin 328 fastenedin-the shank portion 338 of another shoe-engaging member 332 whichextends through an upwardly projecting lug formed on the forward side ofthe plate 3I8. The shoe gage 332 is of the same construction as theothershoe gages, having an elongated plate of substantial length forengaging the inner side of the heel portion of the shoe, this platebeing maintained in vertical position by a horizontal guide pin 333projecting rearwardly from the plate and sliding in a hole in the lug onthe plate 3I8.

Slidably mounted in a boss on the plate 3I8,

below the shoe gage 332 and directly opposite the sole-gripping memberI83, is a sole gage 334 having a shank 333 which is provided with ahorizontal pin 338. The pin is engaged by the forked upper end of avertical lever 348 fulcrumed on a pin 342 which is carried by a lug onthe rear side of the plate 3I8. The lower end of the lever 348 is forkedto engage one end of a transverse pin 344 carried by a horizontal rod343 slidably mounted in a lug projecting from the lower end of the plate3I8. The other end of the transverse pin 344 forms a pivot for anupwardly inclined toggle link 348 which is pivotally connected at itsupper end by a pin 338 to another toggle link 332, the link 332extending downwardly and at its lower end being pivotally secured to ahorizontal rod 334 by a pin 333 which is transversely mounted in therod, the rod 334 being slidablymounted in a lug formed on the lever 33.The opposite end of the'pin 333 is engaged by the forked lower end ofstill another vertical lever 331 which is fulcrumed on a cylindrical lug333 projecting from the side of an adjustable block 333 which isadjusted by means of a horizontal screw 332 threaded through a lug 333projecting forwardly from the lever 33.

Adjustably secured to the lever 331 is a lever 334 pivoted at 333 on alug on the lever 33 and having a vertical slot 331 in its lower armthrough which a stud 333 passes to secure both levers to a slide block3" (Fig. 1) mounted on a horizontal pin 333, which pin is carried by anangle plate 318 mounted on the lever 98 and may, by means of the angleplate, be adjusted heightwise relatively to the lever 98 to change theeffective length of the lower arm of the lever 364, and thereby to varythe amount of swinging movement'imparted to the upper end of this leverin the manner already described in connection with tl e levers 2I8 and228. The upper end of the lever 364 is forked to engage the pin H8previously mentioned as being mounted transversely in the shank portionof the solegripping member I86. The pin 358 (Fig. 2), which connects thetoggle links 348, 352, projects laterally beyond the links and carries aroll 312 which enters a vertical slot in a slide member (not shown)mounted for reciprocative movement in the vertical block 388. Thearrangement of the block, slide, and the means for supporting thesemembers in an operative position need not be described in detail sinceit is practically the same as the mechanism previously described forsupporting the block I16 and slide 288 which actuate the gages at theforepart of the shoe. The power-operated means referred to for bringingthe various sole and shoe gages into engagement respectively with thesole and shoe, and for causing the sole gages to operate to position thesole laterally of the shoe bottom will next be described.

The toggle link I12 (Fig. 4), which is pivoted at I14 to the block I16,has pivotally secured to its upper portion, adjacent to the block I16, adownwardly extending link 314. The lower end of this link 314 isprovided with a vertical slot 315 through which passes a horizontal rod316 (Figs. 4 and 7) One end of the rod 316 is mounted in the outerextremity of an arm 318 and the opposite end is mounted in the upper armof a bell-crank-lever 388 (Fig. 7), the arm 318 and thelever 388 beingrotatably mounted on a fixed shaft 382 carried by a pair of lugs 384,386 projecting forwardly from the frame I8. Fixed on opposite ends ofthe shaft 382, outside the lugs 384, 386, are downwardly projectingstationary arms 3!, 383, which carry at their lower ends a rod 385. Thetoggle links 218, 288, which are connected to the gages that operate onthe forepart of the sole and which carry the roll 284, have secured tothe link 288 a substantially vertical link 388 (Figs. 4 and 7), which isalso provided at its lower end with a vertical slot similar to the slot315 and through which the rod 316 passes. The vertical links 314 and 388are held downwardly so that the rod 316 will normally be positioned atthe upper ends of the vertical slots by means of tension springs 381,389, which extend from the lower ends of the links to the rod 385, asshown in Fig. 4.

The toggle links 386 and 3l8 (Fig. 2), which actuate the shoe gageslocated at the heel por tion of the shoe, have connected thereto adownwardly extending link 898 (best shown in Fig. 7) which is providedin its lower end with a vertical slot through which the rod 316 passesand the upper pair of links 348, 352, which carry the roll 312, arelikewise provided with a vertical link 392 having a slot through whichthe rod 316 passcs. Each of these vertical links is urged downwardly so.that the rod is normally positioned at the tops of the slots by meansof tension springs extending between the lower ends of the links and therod 385, these springs being indicated in Fig. '7 by the numerals 38land 393. The lower arm of the bell-crank-lever 388 (Fig. 2) is pivotallyconnected by an intermediatelink 394 to an upwardly extending arm of alarge bell-crank-lever 386 fulcrumed on the shaft '28 and having a lowerarm 391 provided with a roll 398. The roll 398 rides on the periphery ofa cam 488 keyed to the cam shaft 34 and a tension spring 482, connectedat one end to the bellcrank-lever 396 and at the other end to the fixedshaft 31, acts to hold the roll against the cam.

After the shoe has been mounted on the jack and swung downwardly into anupright position and the sole has been carried up and introduced betweenthe shoe and the pad by the action of the cams 32 and I84, and after aninterval has elapsed during which other mechanism yet to be described isoperating, a depression on the cam 488 permits the roll 398 to descendunder the influence of the spring 482 to rotate the bell-crank-lever 396about the shaft 28 in a clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 2.Rotation of the lever 396 causes the bellcrank-lever 388 to rotate in anopposite direction to lower the horizontal rod 316 in the vertical slotsof the several vertical links. As the rod descends the springs connectedto. these links will pull the links downwardly thereby lowering therectangular blocks I16 and 308 and moving the two sets of toggle linksconnected to the blocks into more nearly straightened positions. Thismovement of the toggle links causes the vertical levers which areconnected at their upper ends to the various shoe-engaging andsole-positioning gages to be rotated more or less about their respectivepivots until the shoe gages contact yieldingly with the opposite sidesof the shoe and the inner sole gages contact with the inner edge of thesole. In bringing the shoe gages against the side of the shoe, theblocks I15, 388 will not only be moved downwardly but, as explainedabove, will also be moved laterally if necessary until they are locatedapproximately centrally of the shoe bottom. The rolls 284 and 312, whichare then located in the wide portions of the vertical slots in the slidemembers, and which are therefore free to move widthwise of the slots,may be moved either to the right or to the left by their respectivetoggles depending upon the distances which the sole-engaging or grippingmembers have to travel before automatically positions the toe end of thesole which are arranged to engage the toe ends of the shoe and sole andto locate these portions relatively to each other as the shoe gages andsole gages are locating the opposite sides of the sole relatively to theshoe. The positioning fingers or gages which engage the sole and shoe attheir outer sides, that is, the sides nearest the operator, are arrangedto swing outwardly (Fig. 8)

away from operative position together with the shoe gages andsole-gripping members which engage the shoe and sole at their outersides and which, as described, swing into and out of operative positionabout the shaft I02. The swinging movement of the outer toe gages isaccomplished by rotatably mounting the mechanism which supports thesegages on the shaft I02 and by having this supporting mechanism extendthrough an opening or guideway in a bracket 406 (Figs. 1 and 8)extending laterally from the side of the swinging lever I00 whichcarries the outer shoe gage I56 and gripping member I08. As the leverI00 is swung toward and away from operative position by reason of itsconnection at I26 with the lever 98, the bracket 406 will carry themechanism which supports the toe-positioning gages forwardly andrearwardly with these levers.

The bracket 406 extends toward the left, as viewed in Fig. 1, and issupported at its outer end by a downwardly extending arm 408 looselymounted on the shaft I02. On the farther side of the bracket is aprojection 401 (Fig. 8) provided with a vertical guideway 0 throughwhich extends the upper portion of another bracket or arm 2 looselymounted on the shaft I02 and provided with a pair of cylindrical bosses409 and 4 located respectively below and above the bracket 406. Theportion of the bracket 4 I 2 which is located within the guideway 4I0has formed on opposite sides thereof a pair of projections or lugs 4I3which slidably engage the side walls of the guideway and thus preventthe bracket from moving laterally therein. Mounted for sliding movementin the bosses 409, 4 is a shaft 4I4 which extends some distance beyondthe upper boss M I and has secured to its upper end a carrier member 6.The carrier member 4I6 has a projection formed thereon which extendsupwardly and is bored lengthwise to receive a stationary rod 4I8 whichis pinned in the carrier and projects upwardly beyond the carriermember, the rod having a plurality of laterally extendingfingers orgages mounted thereon and arrangedto engage the toe portions of the shoeand sole substantially at their tip lines.

The lower finger or gage 420 is pivotally mounted on the rod 8 andextends forwardly toward the shoe. This finger is provided with anenlarged end for engaging the edge face of the outsole substantially atthe tip line when the positioning mechanism is in operative position. Arearwardly extending arm 422 (Figs. 1 and 9) of the finger 420 isprovided with a downwardly extending portion having at its inner side aground vertical surface 424 which is disposed at an angle of about 25 or30 degrees to the longitudinal center line of the finger and whichdiverges outwardly toward the rear end of the arm. The gage member orfinger mounted next above the finger 420 is pinned to the rod 4 I 8 andcomprises a shorter arm 426 which projects inwardly relatively to thefinger 420 and then extends forwardly toward the sole. This arm 426 hasformed on its outer end a downwardly projecting lug 428 which 15arranged to engage the tip end of the sole to locate it longitudinallyof the shoe.

Pivotally mounted at the upper end of the rod 8 is a shoe-engagingfinger 430 comprising a forwardly extending arm at the outer end ofwhich is formed a downwardly projecting portion 432 of considerablelength which is adapted to engage the toe portion of the shoesubstantially at the tip line. The finger 430 has another arm 434projecting rearwardly or toward the left, as viewed in Fig. 1, andhaving formed on its inner side an upstanding lug 436. An inner surface431 (Fig. 9) of the lug 436 diverges outwardly toward the rear of thearm 434 at substantially the same angle as the inner surface on the reararm of the finger 420.

The carrier member 6 is provided with a substantially horizontal arm 4I5which extends toward the lever I00 and is provided at its end with alaterally projecting boss 4 I I. The boss 4 I1 carries a horizontal pin439 upon which is pivotally mounted a connecting member or coupling 438.An outer cylindrical portion of the coupling 438 is perpendicular to thepin 439 and has an opening in which is slidably mounted a rod 440 whichextends for some distance beyond the opening at either end of thecoupling. The portion of the rod 440 which extends toward the lever I00,as viewed in Fig. 1, is secured in an elongated bushing 442 the innerend of which is provided with an upstanding lug 443. A pin 445 passingthrough the lug 443 pivotally secures the bushing to a boss on the innerside of the swinging lever I00. The bushing 442 is also provided at itsunder side with a circular lug 441 by means of which the bushing isconnected to adjusting mechanism to be described later.

The positioning fingers or gages which contact with the inner sides ofthe sole and shoe and which, unlike the gage fingers just described,always remain in a vertical position, are carried by a member 444 (Fig.8) mounted for horizontal sliding movement in a T-shaped slot 446 formedin the central portion of a projection or lug 448 which projectsforwardly from the rear wall of the frame I0. The sliding member 444 isprovided with an upstanding arm 450 at the upper end of which is ahorizontal boss having a vertical hole formed therein. Mounted forsliding movement in-this hole is a shaft 452, the lower end of whichpasses through a vertical opening in another horizontal boss 453 locatedat the central portion of the slide member 444. Secured on the upper endof the shaft 452 is a carrier member 454 having an arm 456 whichprojects forwardly, as viewed in Fig. 8, and which has pivotally mountedthereon a. connecting member or coupling 458 similar to the coupling 438on the member 4| 6. The coupling 450 has slidably mounted therein a rod430 which extends for some distance beyond the ends of the coupling. Theportion of the rod 460 which extends forwardly or toward the shoe isfastened in an elongated bushing 462 provided at its inner end with anupwardly projecting lug 46I which is pivotally connected to a boss onthe frame by means of a pin 464. The mechanism which connects thecarrier member 454 to the frame I0 is practically the same inconstruction as the corresponding mechanism which connects the outerhalf of the toe-positioning means to the lever I00 and these mechanismsprovide the means through which a vertical adjustment of the positicningfingers is obtained.

The carrier member 454 also has an upwardly projecting portion 465 whichis bored vertically and has secured therein a rod 466 the upper portionof which projects for a considerable distance above the member 454 andprovides supporting means for a plurality of positioning fingersarranged to engage the inner sides of the sole and shoe opposite thegage fingers 420, 430. A lower or sole-engaging finger 468 (Figs. 8 and9), similar in construction to the finger 420, has a rearwardlyprojecting arm 469 provided with a ground surface 410 which is disposedat an angle of about

